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The Gene degrees of kevin bacon (dokb) Regulates a Social Network Behaviour in Drosophila melanogaster

Rooke, R., Krupp, J.J., Rasool, A., Golemiec, M., Stewart, M., Schneider, J. & J.D. Levine (2024) The Gene “degrees of kevin bacon” (dokb) Regulates a Social Network Behaviour in Drosophila melanogaster. Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47499-8

UBR4/POE Facilitates Secretory Trafficking to Maintain Circadian Clock Synchrony

Hegazi, S., Cheng, A.H., Krupp, J.J., Tasaki, T., Liu, J., Szulc, D.A., Ling, H.H., Garcia, J.R., Seecharran, S., Basiri, T., Amiri, M., Anwar, Z., Ahmad, Z., Nayal, K., Sonenberg, N., Liu, B-H., Cheng, H-L.M., Levine, J.D. & H-Y.M. Cheng (2022) UBR4/POE Facilitates Secretory Trafficking to Maintain Circadian Clock Synchrony. Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29244-1

Using Flies to Understand Social Networks

Jezovit, J.A., Alwash, N. & J.D. Levine (2021) Using Flies to Understand Social Networks. Frontiers in Neural Circuitshttps://doi.org/10.3389/fncir.2021.755093

The Drosophila melanogaster foraging gene affects social networks

Alwash, N., Allen, A.M., Sokolowski, M.B. & J.D. Levine (2021) The Drosophila melanogaster foraging gene affects social networks. Journal of Neurogenetics, https://doi.org/10.1080/01677063.2021.1936517

Drosophila melanogaster behaviour changes in different social environments based on group size and density.

Rooke, R., Rasool, A., Schneider, J. & J.D. Levine. (2020) Drosophila melanogaster behaviour changes in different social environments based on group size and density. Communications Biology, 3:304.

Behavioral and environmental contributions to drosophilid social networks

Jezovit, J.A., Rooke, R., Schneider, J. & J.D. Levine (2020) Behavioral and environmental contributions to drosophilid social networks. PNAS, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1920642117